This is an analysis of the poem Thoughts During Sickness that begins with:
O THOUGHT! O Memory! gems for ever heaping
High in the illumined chambers of the mind, ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababXccbXdbdee
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
- Metre: 111100111010 10001010001 11010101010 11111100101 10110111000 11010010111 11001010101 1011010101 10010111100 1111011101 0101010001 1001010001 11111010101 101111100001
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 622
- Average number of words per stanza: 100
- Amount of lines: 14
- Average number of symbols per line: 44 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to is repeated.
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- summary of Thoughts During Sickness;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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